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SD Educators Completing Review of ESSA

SD Educators Completing Review of ESSA

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The state review of the new version of federal education laws is about done.
The “Every Students Succeeds Act” was signed by President Obama in 2015, and reauthorizes the “Elementary and Secondary Education Act.”
Mary McCorkle, President of the South Dakota Education Association, says they have been working on the plan for a while…..

McCorkle says there has been more public participation in the review of the new legislation…..

McCorkle says ESSA will be a major topic at the NEA Delegate Assembly going on this week in Boston.

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